Diamond Lil

09/07/2025

08/30/2025

Airborne

01/08/2025

10/16/2024

To all my Facebook friends do not accept any request from me. I think I have been hacked so please do not accept any friends request.

12/29/2023

The first of over 18,000 of my sisters...

29 December 1939 December 29, 2023Aviation39-556, 39-680, Consolidated Aircraft Company, Consolidated Model 32, Consolidated XB-24, Consolidated XB-24B, First Flight, Pratt & Whitney R-1830-33, Pratt & Whitney R-1830-41, Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S3C4-G, Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp TSC4-G, William B.....

05/26/2023

These are the engines that powered Lil's younger sisters ..

Isn't that just a beautiful sight 😍 Rows of engines ready to be fitted to Consolidated B-24 Liberators in Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. The Liberator was powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial air-cooled engines, which were turbo-supercharged and produced 1,200hp each. https://planehistoria.com/consolidated-b-24/

04/04/2023

We haven't posted much on our lady this year, but always good to see her, this one from a few years ago in Reading, PA at the MAAM.

That’s one helluva wingspan

06/29/2022

Another one of America's Greatest Generation has gone west....

Today we lost a true hero. The last of the WW2 Medal of Honor recipients. America’s last Medal of Honor Recipient representing the Second World War has passed away. Another mark in history highlighting the departure of the greatest generation. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the most UNDER-AWARDED branches of the U.S. Military. As an enlisted corporal, Hershel “Woody” Williams represented poor enlisted Marines all over the country that were never properly recognized from WWII until present day. He was a symbol of Marines who never earned as much as an commendation or Bronze Star for their actions. Woody could have quit life 78 years ago, drank for free, and lived off being a Medal of Honor Recipient; but he didn’t. He retired a Marine, worked for the Veteran Affairs for 30+ years, and when that was enough started his own non-profit. Woody had monuments placed around the country to represent Gold Star Famlies. We often build monuments to those killed in war, but Woody saw the need to honor living family members plagued with the torture of losing a son, daughter, father, or mother in war. He loved his life working for veterans till his last day. He shall never be forgotten.
(text from The Rifle)

04/07/2022

And so the summer flying season is set to begin. If you want to see where Diamond Lil will be check out the squadron website at www.airpowertour.org